I find one or several of the following to ... - Anxiety Support
I find one or several of the following to be helpful in reducing my anxiety:
What can cause anxiety
Anything it's really not a thing it's a feeling we're u can't cope I went to docs today for the first on years so proud of myself I'm not crazy after al xx
I have very bad anxiety all the time these things help a little bit I think I am too use to medication it does not do much for me lately.
I'm stuck and I don't know what to do
I am finding that using cbt techniques to help. For example I got anxiety when I though I won't be able to join my family at the pool this year because of my new job.
CBT tells to stop and examine that thought. Is it distorted. Yup it sure is. That an all or nothing statement and I'm reading the future.
So I then tell myself to rephrase that thought correctly without distorting it. Like this. I will be able to join my family at the pool sometimes because I can go into work early and leave early.
Like that. Sometimes the thoughts are hard to detangle. I'll try and write them down and really think about it.
Sometimes it works and sometimes not. But I believe with practice I am retraining my mind.
I also find that since I am older, my anxiety causes many more physical symptoms, like a stiff neck and shoulders.
Thank you
The problem is on a bad day nothing really helps but a combination of the above can alleviate the symptoms .
With me I find it hard to talk to people and just shut myself away.
The tendency to suffer from anxiety---which is just fear---is inherited, I believe. It may be reinforced by life events but not everyone will react to them in the same way.
Both my father and mother suffered with anxiety, as they got older it seemed to subside. I pray that's the case for me.
I hope so too for your sake but mine has increased with age. I blame being alone a lot, thinking too much and being nearer to the end of my life. If I knew for sure that there is an afterlife, my anxiety would be reduced. The trouble is I am a sceptic and use reason instead of faith. Mere faith has never been a comfort to me because of the intrinsic doubt it entails. To me, faith is just hope, not certainty. I acknowledge that it makes life more bearable for millions and so I suppose it is performing a valuable function but it is not for me.
Hi there, I could have written this post myself, I feel exactly the same, I'd like to believe there was some sort of afterlife but I'm a bit of a sceptic too.
I also feel lonely sometimes even though I have family around me, I think you're amazing, you just get on with your day even though you feel low and tearful.
I'm a bit younger than you but I've definitely got worse in my later years.
This site is brilliant for feeling that you're not alone in this awful anxiety and depression.
Best wishes to you.
K.
happy to hear that from them and keeping your hopes up and doing CBT/things that will reduce the anxiety willl defs put u on the other side, can i ask how severe their anxiety was?
Thats what i think
Thanks
I've got health anxiety and have had stomach issues recently, with nausea. They are going hand in hand. I believe the brain and gut connection is very powerful and sometimes when I get disroted thoughts it's actually problems in my gut. It's really awful though, when the anxiety is coming from your own bodily functions there's no escape
CBT and meditation have helped me previously when anxiety is less severe and when it was related to external circumstances. Don't know what to do with all these issues being internal and the one thing (health anxiety) that I find it hard to cope with.
Spend time in the country, alone with nature calms the mind
Nothing work for me it seem to get worst has I'm getting in age
My whole body seems to be affected by my anxiety/depression---stomach, bowels, blood pressure, emotions, appetite, I think I'm a total wreck. I've been on 50mg of sertraline for at least 5 weeks but I am not getting any better. I search my brain for anyone I can call on to relieve my loneliness and helplessness but, for one reason or another, there is no-one. I really miss all the folk who have died and don't know why the person I used to be has gone. There is no joy in my life and I'm crying every day--huge sobs until I'm exhausted. I have started to get palpitations too which terrify me. What is a nervous breakdown? Am I having one? I am over emotional and full of dark thoughts and fear. I can't even do the simplest chores like loading the dishwasher but most of all I am living in and thinking of the past when life held so much for me. In short, I can't cope with being 76. I see no hope for me.
When my Mama was alive she would sit with her arms around me and I'd say tighter until I was held tight enough to feel safe even though I was in my 30's. She would talk to me softly and ask me questions like what are the words to that song you like so much? She would never stop holding me tight and asking me things, anything to get my mind off my attack. That helped a lot, I would take my medicine at the first sign of it also. My step-dad isn't a touchy person so holding me he won't do, so I ask him to tell me a cute/funny story about something he and one of his brothers got into as kids and he does that for me while me meds have time to calm me. I also have small dogs in the house and 1 has learned when I have an attack and he comes to me so I can hold and cuddle all 6lbs of him while he licks away my tears and snuggles his head on my shoulder or in the crook of my neck. He has long soft fur and is a good cuddler, he sleeps with me and always makes sure to be touching me, usually with his head next to mine. Amazing how Chihuahuas are so good at sensing emotions.
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